analysis of music magazine front covers

1. F R O N T C O V E R S
Studying Magazines

2. Masthead.
Uses young person
terminology and is
written in a text message
style which connects to
young people.
Pink and purple
theme is feminine.
Attracts young girls.
fashion is seen to be
more feminine so they
have included this on
the front cover.
Posters of young male celebrities shown
on front cover will attract young girls who
are fans of the celebrities shown.
More popular young celebrity boys shown on front
cover half naked to attract fans. In this case its one
direction who have a massive fan base.
The main cover line is
“Cheryl” as it is the
largest piece of text.
Its also hot pink which
ties in with the colour
theme.
Other storylines are
about male artists who
could also attract
young girls.
The model on this
magazine is of Cheryl
Cole who is a role model
to many teenage girls.
She is placed on the
right side of the page so
she isn’t covered of the
masthead. She is looking
directly at the reader
which attracts them.
Her makeup and outfit
are quite toned down.
This magazine
suggests that their
primary target
audience is young
girls aged between
8-15.

3. The colour theme for
this magazine is black,
red and white. These
are very rock kind of
colours.
The main cover line is
Madonna is large bold red
letters and it is telling the
reader who this is issue is
based on. The colour red
has connotations of danger.
Madonna is placed over
part of the masthead
which suggests that she
is more dominant.
Madonna is wearing very
minimal makeup and is
dressed in black which is
makes her blend into the
background and also makes
her skin look lighter and
highlights her face to make
it stand out.
The grey banner across the
bottom titled “Women in
Music” which will attract
women to the magazine.
Madonna is placed on
the right side of the
page and a medium
shot is being used.
The headlines round the
edge of the cover tell the
reader what other stories
are in the issue. White
writing is mainly used so
it stands out with the
black background.

4. The masthead of this
magazine is placed over the
models hair but isn’t
blocking her face. However
the placing of the masthead
suggests that the
model/celebrity isn’t as
dominant as the magazine.
The red writing over the
green hair makes he writing
stand out more. This is also
enhanced more by having
the white and black border
round the title.
The close up of Katy Perry is
placed in the centre of the
magazine and she is looking
directly into the camera
which draws in the
audience.
The headlines of the
magazine are in white
text which stands out
against the dark hair.
Where the background is
lighter, black text is
being used.
The main story of this
magazine is about Katy
Perry but this isn’t too
dominant on the page
but it is he largest piece
of text on the cover.